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Receipts of patents and homestead entries, 1903 to 1907

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Receipts of patents and homestead entries, 1903 to 1907
  1903 1904 1905 1906 19071
  $
Homestead fees 320,410 255,772 304,806 417,834 215,450
Cash sales 155,508 196,750 154,128 442,589 494,117
Scrip sales 158,453 188,424 19,645 7,655 11,350
Timber dues 470,917 397,344 266,951 292,684 379,476
Hay permits, mining, stone quarries, etc., cash 607,722 495,579 364,924 296,769 213,853
All other receipts 177,877 147,956 228,928 251,784 176,257
Gross revenue 1,890,887 1,681,825 1,339,382 1,709,315 1,490,503
Refunds 21,520 36,722 25,787 33,418 35,117
Net revenue 1,869,367 1,645,103 1,313,595 1,675,897 1,455,386
Total revenue, 1872 to 1907 - - - 23,775,162 25,230,548
  number
Letters patent for Dominion lands 7,349 6,890 8,798 12,370 10,596
Homestead entries made 31,383 26,073 30,819 41,869 21,647
Source: Statistics Canada, The Canada Year Book, 1907.